pencerw

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by pencerw 2y ago
(note: i wrote the link in the OP) as it happens, i spent about a decade working on an electronic product that, for complex reasons, wasn't suitable for outsourcing overseas. i wrote a reasonably long and detailed post about this proce
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by pencerw 6y ago
it wasn't OT before the mods changed the URL that i originally posted: https://mailchi.mp/theprepared/the-prepared-4ydgzm58vl
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by pencerw 6y ago
wait, just to be clear - you changed the title and URL without actually reading the thing that I linked to?
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by pencerw 6y ago
IMO this ends up being way more advertorial (for Bauer) and lacks all of the engineering context (urethane inserts! damping! "the dichotomy between nature and human technologies"!). But, understood.
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by pencerw 6y ago
You're looking at The Prepared (theprepared.org/newsletter), a weekly newsletter about manufacturing and other stuff! It's sent via Mailchimp, which automatically creates an archive URL for every email campaign you send.
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Evgeny Kuznetsov practices with Bauer stick that has hole in the blade(russianmachineneverbreaks.com)
86 points by pencerw 6y ago|62 comments
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Supply chain analysis of iPhone 5c cases and the pencil marks hidden inside them(theprepared.org)
18 points by pencerw 6y ago|7 comments
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by pencerw 6y ago
(Author of the post here) I actually kind of agree with this: Patreon is indeed a good way to earn enough money to buy dinner once a week or whatever. I guess it's also good for big time influencer types who are in growth mode and not
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by pencerw 6y ago
to each their own! And of course you're welcome to learn all about what I used Patreon for - I linked to my business's website in the first sentence of the blog post.
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by pencerw 6y ago
(Author of the blog post here) Point taken, though I'm not sure that's exactly what I said. My complaint re: accounting is that Patreon integrates horribly with QBO. If they cared, they would have a webhook that rolled up all
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Apple has only disclosed three supplier locations in Wuhan since 2011(supplychains.theprepared.org)
1 points by pencerw 7y ago|0 comments
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All of Apple's supply chain transparency reports, mapped(supplychains.theprepared.org)
2 points by pencerw 7y ago|0 comments
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by pencerw 7y ago
Thanks for the love! <3 I took a bunch of the suggestions in this thread + a few of my own and compiled a tagged database here: https://theprepared.org/mx-record
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by pencerw 7y ago
<3 -Spencer
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by pencerw 7y ago
I <3 this.
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by pencerw 7y ago
Oh that's awesome - I wasn't aware of that at all!
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by pencerw 7y ago
Your argument certainly has validity, but the bottom line is that our customers don't interact with the choice of what to listen to (which is kind of the core idea of the product) on a day to day basis. And, whatever philosophy we brin
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by pencerw 7y ago
So for one, WNYC is actually one of our biggest customers to date. You'll hear our radios being plugged on Brian Lehrer (among others) periodically if you listen closely. Again, our philosophy is that customers are deciding on the stat
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by pencerw 7y ago
(Co-creator of the product again) For what it's worth, we would have loved to sell The Public Radio for $25 and tried for many years at $40/45. I think that our experience is a testament to the idea that at least sometimes, it&#
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by pencerw 7y ago
Wow, internet compliment of the year. Thanks!
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by pencerw 7y ago
(Note: I co-created this product, wrote this blog post, etc) Your skepticism is something I hear a lot, and something I make it a rule not to argue with. A lot of people look at The Public Radio with disdain, and at least as many look at it
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by pencerw 7y ago
(Note: I co-created the product, manage the business that produces it, and wrote the original blog post) In many ways I'd say the answer is still in flux. On the one hand this is a part-time business that has not, by any means, made ei
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by pencerw 7y ago
That's fair, but if I were to guess I'd say only 5% of our customers are even aware that the radio is re-tunable. It's not a secret by any means, but we don't really promote it and even if you did once know about it you
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by pencerw 7y ago
Yeah, Josh's method of tuning The Public Radio is super cool. We never actually implemented it in production, but our manufacturing line is in some ways even cooler (it's fully just-in-time) and is remarkably advanced for a FM r
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by pencerw 7y ago
Exactly - we never wanted to compete with the rest of the home audio industry!
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by pencerw 7y ago
Hey! Co-inventor of the product (and author of the link) here. The reason that the button isn't on the lid is because that makes the lid uglier and, more importantly, undermines the philosophy behind the UI - which is to keep the devic
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by pencerw 7y ago
<3 thanks!
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by pencerw 7y ago
[Disclaimer: I edited and published the piece and own theprepared.org] I think the answer is "yes," at least to an extent. I think the big limitation is the degree to which software projects are mission-focused, and also the degre
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It's *hard* to develop hardware products in Africa(theprepared.org)
4 points by pencerw 8y ago|0 comments
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A recycling expert on Apple's “100% recycled aluminum” Mac enclosures(theprepared.org)
3 points by pencerw 8y ago|0 comments

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